Balneotherapy in the rehabilitation of patients with post-viral fatigue syndrome

Abstract

Introduction. Today, given the increase in the incidence of diseases, including viral diseases, in particular, the recent COVID-19 pandemic, as well as stress factors, the issues of deterioration in the quality of life of the population are becoming extremely relevant (Bernas S.N, 2023; MirandaMendizabal A., 2022). The quality of a person’s life is determined, among other things, by the level of his or her adaptation, that is, by the ability of a person to exist stably in a specific environment and adequately adapt to its changes. In modern medicine, diseases of impaired adaptation mechanisms caused by an increase in the load of stress factors on the human body are distinguished. Among the diseases of maladaptation, post-viral fatigue (asthenia) syndrome (PFS) is distinguished, which is a universal protective or compensatory mechanism induced by various factors (psychosocial, neurohumoral, metabolic, immune, infectious, etc.) against the background of depletion of the body's energy resources and in the clinical picture is generalized by various symptoms of impaired adaptation. (Tackey C., 2024). PFS leads to a decrease in the working capacity and quality of life not only of the patient but also of his close environment. PFS therapy requires an integrated approach, and the search for effective and safe treatment methods remains an urgent modern problem. Today, a well-known and effective method is balneotherapy, namely baths with mineral waters (MW) of various physicochemical compositions (Protano C., 2024).